GP2 2011 calendar unveiled

The nine-event GP2 season for 2011 drops Abu Dhabi from the calendar and opts to stay in Europe.

The GP2 series has published its calendar for the next season, consisting of nine weekends of races supporting the Formula 1 Grand Prix events.

After the damp squib finish to the 2010 season - which saw the series take a nine-week hiatus before being recalled to action at Abu Dhabi despite the key titles having been decided previously - the series has decided to move the final event at Yas Marina to the GP2 Asia series, and instead make the GP2 season climax coincide with the visit to Monaz in September.

The series will start in Istanbul on the weekend of 7/8 May, and all the year's events will take place in Europe. There will be two pre-season tests held in April, the first at Silverstone and the second in Barcelona.

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